Europe

UK media regulator Ofcom has closed an investigation into pay-television broadcaster Sky regarding the alleged abuse of a dominant market position concerning the wholesale supply of its Sky Sports 1 and 2 channels.

Sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal in Romania for football’s English Premier League.

Vivendi-owned Canal Plus has signed an exclusive distribution deal with rival pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports France, according to daily newspaper Le Monde.

The European Broadcasting Union consortium of public-service broadcasters has written to key decision makers at the European Union to call for joint action to save its member in Bosnia and Herzegovina, BHRT.

Mexican mobile entertainment provider Binbit has struck a multi-year deal with North American basketball league the NBA to distribute mobile phone content to fans in certain countries across Latin America, Europe and Asia.

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, has said it would consider striking a deal with a pay-television broadcaster for the UK rights to the 2019 World Cup, which is being hosted by Japan.

Norwegian pay-television distributor RiksTV has agreed a new long-term carriage deal with the Discovery Networks Norway division of international media company Discovery Communications that will include coverage of the Tippeligaen, the top division of domestic football.

UK mobile phone operator Vodafone and media company Liberty Global have agreed a deal to combine their operations in the Netherlands.

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, has launched the broadcast rights tender process for its 2019 World Cup in the UK and Irish markets.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has agreed a three-season extension to its rights deal for motorcycling series the Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK).

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has secured exclusive rights in Poland to the Formula One motor racing championship under a multi-year deal.

The Autoridade da Concorrência, Portugal’s competition regulator, has denied reports that it has decided to block a series of football media rights deals featuring the Altice and Nos telecommunications companies.

English Championship second-tier football club Leeds United has denied reports that it wants to leave the Football League’s collective rights deal with UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and negotiate its own rights.

The Formula One motor racing championship is to be without free-to-air coverage in Spain for the first time in 19 years after existing rights holders declined to extend their deals.

The English Football League has confirmed a record five-season extension to its international rights deal with the Pitch International agency.

A report put together by 16 Bundesliga clubs has called for change in the distribution of television revenues in domestic football, along with a restructuring of the German Football Association (DFB) and its flagship cup competition the DFB-Pokal.